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Pluralism and the Personality of the State tells the history of English political thought from 1900 to 1933, concentrating on the work of the political pluralists and their attack on the idea of state sovereignty. It explores the background to their work in the ideas of the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes and the German jurist Otto von Gierke. It also looks at what wider relevance their ideas might have today, particularly with regard to the question of the relation between the state and voluntary associations.
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Pluralism and the Personality of the State Ideas in Context ; 47
author
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Runciman, David.
publisher
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Cambridge University Press
isbn10 | asin
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print isbn13
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9780521551915
ebook isbn13
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9780511002809
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English
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Pluralism (Social sciences) , State, The, Political science--History.
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1997
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JC328.2.R86 1997eb
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320.1
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Pluralism (Social sciences) , State, The, Political science--History.
Pluralism and the Personality of the State
IDEAS IN CONTEXT 47
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Pluralism and the personality of the state discusses the relations between individuals, groups and the state. Set against the broad context of philosophical arguments about group and state personality, Dr Runciman's book tells, for the first time, the full history of the movement in early twentieth-century English political thought known as political pluralism. The pluralists believed that the state was simply one group among many, and could not therefore be sovereign. They also believed that groups, like individuals, might have personalities of their own. The book is divided into three parts: the first examines the philosophical background to these ideas and refers in particular to the work of Thomas Hobbes and the German Otto von Gierke. The second traces the development of pluralist thought before, during and after the First World War. In the third and final part, Runciman's study returns to Hobbes and looks in particular at his Leviathan, in order to see what conclusions can be drawn about the nature of this work and the nature of the state as it exists today.
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IDEAS IN CONTEXT
Edited by QUENTIN SKINNER (General Editor) LORRAINE DASTON, WOLF LEPENIES, J. B. SCHNEEWIND and JAMES TULLY
The books in this series will discuss the emergence of intellectual traditions and of related new disciplines. The procedures, aims and vocabularies that were generated will be set in the context of the alternatives available within the contemporary frameworks of ideas and institutions. Through detailed studies of the evolution of such traditions, and their modification by different audiences, it is hoped that a new picture will form of the development of ideas in their concrete contexts. By this means, artificial distinctions between the history of philosophy, of the various sciences, of society and politics, and of literature may be seen to dissolve.
The series is published with the support of the Exxon Foundation.
A list of books in the series will be found at the end of the volume.
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Pluralism and the Personality of the State
David Runciman
Trinity College, Cambridge
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PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 IRP, United Kingdom
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, CB2 2RU, United Kingdom 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne, 3166, Australia
Cambridge University Press 1997
This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.
First published 1997
Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge
Typeset in 11/12 1/2 Baskerville
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data
Runciman, David. Pluralism and the personality of the state/David Runciman. p. cm. (Ideas in context: 47) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 521 55191 9 1. Pluralism (Social sciences). 2. State, The. 3. Political science History. I. Title. II. Series. JC328.2.R86 1997 320 1dc21 96-46263 CIP
ISBN 0 521 55191 9 hardback
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To my parents
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Doug. Another king! They grow like Hydra's heads; I am the Douglas, fatal to all those That wear those colours on them. What art thou That counterfeit'st the person of a king? King. The King himself Shakespeare, Henry IV part I
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CONTENTS
Preface
page xi
Part I: The Personality of Associations
1 Introduction
3
2 Hobbes and the Person of the Commonwealth
6
3 Gierke and the Genossenschaft
34
4 Trusts and Sovereigns
64
Part II: Political Pluralism
5 Maitland and the Real Personality of Associations
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